COMMUTER RAIL COMMITTEE WORKING SESSION MONDAY APRIL 15, 2019 3:30 P.M.
COMMUTER RAIL COMMITTEE WORKING SESSION
MONDAY APRIL 15, 2019 3:30 P.M.
Fort Worth Central Station Downtown Fort Worth 1001 Jones Street, 2nd Floor Community Room Fort Worth, Texas 76102
Committee Members: Staff Support: Nick Genua - Chairman Jon-Erik Arjanen, TEXRail/TRE Dennis Dunkins Richey Thompson, TEXRail/TRE Charles Edmonds Jon Michael Franks Tito Rodriguez
A. CALL TO ORDER Nick Genua B. UPDATES 1. TEXRail Project Update Jon-Erik Arjanen 2. Trinity Railway Express (TRE) Update Jon-Erik Arjanen
C. ACTION ITEMS 1. CRC2019-13 Trinity Railway Express Purchase Jon-Erik Arjanen of Two Remanufactured Locomotives 2. CRC2019-14 Trinity Lakes Station Final Design Richey Thompson
D. OTHER BUSINESS E. NEXT MEETING MONDAY, MAY 13, 2019 @ 3:30 pm F. ADJOURN
This facility is wheelchair accessible. For accommodations for hearing or sight interpretive services, please contact Kelli Shields 48 hours in advance at 817.215.8972.
1
COMMUTER RAIL COMMITTEE INFORMATION ITEM Item: TEXRail Project Update Meeting Date: April 15, 2019
Jon-Erik Arjanen, Chief Operating Officer/ Vice President of Rail will give an update on the TEXRail Project.
TEXRail Vehicles at Mahaffey Maintenance Facility.
2
COMMUTER RAIL COMMITTEE INFORMATION ITEM Item: Trinity Railway Express (TRE) Update Meeting Date: April 15, 2019
Jon-Erik Arjanen, Chief Operating Officer/ Vice President of Rail will give an update on Trinity Railway Express (TRE).
3 TRE Report – March 2019
Presented by: Jon-Erik “AJ” Arjanen
4 TRE Safety
• Days without a lost time injury: – Transportation / MOE – 217 days* – MOW/SIG – 62 days* • FY19 Safety Observations – 1st Quarter: 106 – 2nd Quarter: 120 – FY19 Total Safety Observations: 226 – FY18 Total Safety Observations: 291
*As of 3/31/19
Prepared by Ebonie Wingo 5 On Time Performance
100.0% % % 0 9 . 98.0% . 9 8 9 9 % % % % 8 % % 0 . 3 9 . % 7 96.0% 4 7 9 3 . 7 . . 5 7 9 . 7 . 9 6 7 8 9 6 9 9 9 9
94.0% % 0 2 . 4 9
92.0% % 9 5 . 2 9
90.0% % 9 2 88.0% . 9 8
86.0%
84.0% Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18 Dec-18 Jan-19 Feb-19 Mar-19
OTP OTP Goal
Higher is better
Prepared by Ebonie Wingo 6 Monthly TRE Ridership 250,000
229,262
195,002 200,000 207,909 173,419 165,573 164,051 170,162 163,566 166,625 150,861 153,430 156,273 150,723 161,629 150,000
153,874 152,839 143,268 135,589
100,000
50,000
- October November December January February March April May June July August September
FY18 FY19
FY19 YTD Ridership: 955,108 FY18 YTD Ridership: 1,067,547 YTD:(March) Prepared by Ebonie Wingo 7 Average Weekday Ridership 10,000
8,612 9,000 7,782 7,451 7,213 8,000 7,084 6,932 6,802 6,865 6,900 7,655 7,000 6,710 7,034 6,625 6,876 6,000 6,658 6,876 6,409 5,945 5,000
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
0 October November December January February March April May June July August September
FY18 FY19
Prepared by Ebonie Wingo 8 Average Saturday Ridership 8,000
7,158 7,000
6,000
5,000 4,759
5,352 3,898 3,637 4,000 3,298 3,498 4,143 3,072 3,029 3,002 3,061 3,217 3,395 3,000 3,336
2,958 2,694 2,678 2,000
1,000
0 October November December January February March April May June July August September FY18 FY19
Prepared by Ebonie Wingo 9 TRE Customer Interactions October-March FY18 - FY19 80
70 67
60
50
40
30 30
21 20
12 12 12 10 8 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 01 0 1 0 0 0 Overcrowding Late/Early Announcement Mechanical Service (Other) Operator Operator Service Change TVM Total Complaints Commendations Requests FY18 FY19
Prepared by Ebonie Wingo 10 Average Fare per Passenger $4.50
$4.01
$4.00 $3.82
$3.62
$3.71 $3.50 $3.30 $3.33
$3.08
$3.17 $3.00 $2.71
$2.87 $2.57 $2.48 $2.67 $2.50
$2.47
$2.00
$1.50 FEB-18 MAR-18 APR-18 MAY-18 JUN-18 JUL-18 AUG-18 SEP-18 OCT-18 NOV-18 DEC-18 JAN-19 FEB-19 MAR-19
Fare
Prepared by Ebonie Wingo 11
ACTION ITEMS
COMMUTER RAIL COMMITTEE ACTION ITEM Item Number: CRC2019-13 Meeting Date: April 15, 2019 Item Title: Trinity Railway Express Purchase of Two Remanufactured Locomotives
BACKGROUND Trinity Railway Express (TRE) operating plans require six units to provide service, one for standby/backup, and two rotating into the Equipment Maintenance Facility (EMF) for maintenance servicing. Currently, TRE has nine locomotives, seven of which are operational. Grade crossing accidents have resulted in two of the nine being unavailable for service.
The purchase of two additional locomotives will allow TRE to expand the current locomotive fleet from nine to 11 locomotives. The additional two F40PH locomotives, would be purchased from Progress Rail. These locomotives will be vital in meeting current service expectations, mitigating against an aging fleet, and optimizing and preserving the existing transit equipment. Also, it provides essential resources to meet the needs of potential TRE expansion that could include Sunday and holiday service. The two F40PH locomotives will have a 15-year useful life span. One of the F40PH locomotives was originally built in 1978 (41 years old), and the other F40PH locomotive was originally built in 1981 (38 years old).
PROCUREMENT On July 13, 2018, a Request for Proposals (RFP) notification was sent to 649 firms for the purchase of two Remanufactured Locomotives. By the closing date of November 12, 2018, three proposals were received. Progress Rail Locomotive, Inc., received the highest scores among the responders. They possess the technical and financial capability to perform the contract, which will be a firm fixed price contract with option to purchase one additional locomotive. The pricing is fair and reasonable, and the firm is recommended for award.
This contract is for $4,881,700 and is federally funded in the amount of $3,905,360, which is 80 percent of the total contract amount. The local share of this contract is to be paid with local funds. The local share of the purchase of these vehicles ($976,340) shall be jointly and equally shared by the transit authorities as specified in the Interlocal Agreement between Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) and Trinity Metro (DART's share - $488,170; Trinity Metro's share - $488,170).
1. Progress Rail Locomotive, Inc. $ 4,881,700 2. MotivePower $ 7,185,371 3. HigherPowerIndustries Unacceptableproposal
DART’s Procurement Department has followed procurement policy and is compliant with all applicable federal, state, and Trinity Metro’s procurement requirements. FINANCING
Funds are available in Trinity Metro’s FY2019 Capital Budget to finance this program.
12 13 COMMUTER RAIL COMMITTEE ACTION ITEM Item Number: CRC2019-14 Meeting Date: April 15, 2019 Item Title: Trinity Lakes Station Final Design
BACKGROUND
In March 2018, Trinity Metro’s Board of Directors approved a set of deal points with Trinity Lakes and authorized the President/Chief Executive Officer to develop and execute a Development Agreement with Trinity Lakes based on the approved deal points for the construction of the Trinity Lakes Trinity Railway Express (TRE) Station and the removal of the existing Richland Hills Trinity Railway Express Station. This agreement was executed on September 12, 2018.
On June 25, 2018 Trinity Metro’s Board of Directors approved a task order for Hayden Consultants to provide planning services for Trinity Lakes Station. The planning services which include the preparation of the environmental documents and preliminary design are now complete, and the Federal Transit Administration environmentally cleared the project on March 6, 2019. The final cost for planning services is $167,707.00, which is shared 50-50 by Trinity Metro and Trinity Lakes.
The next two phases of the project are final design and construction. This item is to approve the Final Design Phase. The construction phase will be brought to the Board for approval early next year. Trinity Lakes Station is scheduled to open in December 2020.
FINAL DESIGN SERVICE
As specified by the agreement, the final design for the Trinity Lakes Station is to be conducted by one of Trinity Metro’s current Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) consultants, and Trinity Lakes selected the firm TranSystems Corporation to perform final design services, which include the provision of signed and sealed construction plans and specifications and cost estimates.
PROCUREMENT
TranSystems is one of six IDIQ firms approved by the Board in June 2018 to provide professional services to Trinity Metro. The IDIQ contracts are in effect until 2023. TranSystems also provided final design services for TEXRail.
TASK ORDER COST
Trinity Metro negotiated with TranSystems the scope of work and the fee for the final design services and the final negotiated price is $331,567.00. Trinity Lakes has agreed to this cost as well and, as stipulated by the agreement, the cost will be shared 50-50 by Trinity Metro and Trinity Lakes.
DBE UTILIZATION
TranSystems Corporation has committed to 19.8% DBE participation and 8.8% MWBE participation for a total of 28.6% DMWBE participation for this task order.
14 15